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Originally Posted by The Producer
took a ride in one of the first delivered R1S Rivians last week
4 motor. all the bells and whistles. some cool stuff, some hokey stuff. who gives a shit about a removable party speaker? it is cool that the seats go completely flat. With everything stowed and self levelling suspension - it's a pretty sweet car camper.
I've never been in anything that accelerated like that. Maybe a roller coaster. 0-100 in 3 seconds - that's top model tesla speed isn't it? (maybe not Plaid)
biggest thing - 500+ kms of range. They made it to the lake w range to spare. Up to now - this has been my biggest EV hard no. Now I just need them to scale it down to a smaller vehicle w at least the same range. The Rivian felt absolutely huge. The owners previous vehicle was a full size escalade. He says the Rivian feels massive to drive compared to that. He's not missing filling the $250.00 Escalade fuel tank.
I'm not anti EV - I'm just waiting for the vehicle that is perfect for me. At least 500kms of true range (not hypermiling), and the size, functionality of a compact car.
coles notes: Rivian fast, big range, but form factor way too big for me.
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I'd love to get a smaller form factor Rivian R1S so long as it came with the NACS. If they could get a smaller form factor R1S that is priced at or below the Model Y, i'd be all over it.